It freaks me out. But for me, something incredible might come out of it a chance to meet a sister i didnt even know i had. Her train is pulling in now. Id better go in and wait. We are Donor Conceived, and this is our story. Im about to start a personal journey that i didnt think i would ever go on. And im really nervous. I dont know how this is going to end. I was 17 and i found out i was pregnant. And i lived here at the time. My dad, he just couldnt even look at me. He was so upset. And i actually had a bleed that night, so my dad had to take me into hospital. I didnt know if he wanted to speak to me, so i went in and had the scan on my own and they printed the pictures out for me. And ijust came out and gave them to him and it was like all had been forgotten. Yeah. Then it was fine. If being pregnant at 17 was a shock, then the news my dad was about to tell me was something i never, ever expected. So, i was about six months pregnant. I came down, i was on my phone, just like, 0h, w
better go and wait. we are l donor conceived, and this is our story. iam about i am about to start a personal journey that i didn t think i would ever go on. and i m really nervous! i don t know how this will end. i was 17 and ifound how this will end. i was 17 and i found out how this will end. i was 17 and ifound out i how this will end. i was 17 and i found out i was pregnant, they lived here at the time. my father could not even look at me, he was so upset, to my dad took me into hospital when i had a bleed. he didn t want to speak to me, so i went on my own, i made him print the pictures out with me, and he had forgotten and it was fine when he found out. pregnant at 17 was a shock, but the news my dad was about to tell me was something i never ever expected. i was about six months pregnant, i came down, i was on my phone, and hejust sat me down and said they had to use a sperm donor to have me, and my gosh, iwasjust like what!? i didn t know me, and my gosh, iwasjust li
Look through information on the donors to decide which characteristics they want their babies to have. hi, i m vicky. i m lucy. and we had a baby two years ago through donor. ..er. ..sperm. hello, i m sean greenaway. i m a male fertility coach and i m also the father. to twins that were conceived by the use of donor sperm. i what was quite important criteria for us was that the donor was going to be brown hair, blue eyes. ..like lucy. we chose that person - that we didn t know anything about because it was like a blank canvas. i we didn t want to be expecting anything of our children. - people using donor conception are helped by fertility doctors like eddie. there has been a definite movement in the demographics of people who are coming forward.
Well meaning, but they would say things like, oh, you know, this doesn t really matter - and your dad s still your dad. | inside, i was kind of feeling like, i ok, i actually do have some pretty big feelings here. - so, what is donor conception and how does it work? there are different rules around the world, but in the uk. well, let me explain. lots of people need help to have children. sometimes it s because they have fertility problems, but sometimes it s because they re single or in same sex relationships. here s where sperm and egg donors come in. for men, donating sperm is a fairly straightforward process. for women, it s a little bit more complicated, involving hormone treatments and an operation. donated eggs and sperm are then stored for up to ten years in labs around the country. people hoping to be parents can